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Many Packers want Favre back (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:12:37 PDT

With reports of Brett Favre planning to send a letter within the next week or so seeking to be placed on the...

Trippin' Tuesday: Thompson's hand being forced (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:56:00 PDT

Brett Favre is on the verge of forcing Green Bay's Ted Thompson to make a hard but necessary decision.

NFL offseason report card: Grades are in (SportingNews.com)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:24:34 PDT

The usual teacher's pets slacked off a bit, but the Eagles got the gold star and the Jets and Vikings moved to the head of the class.

Ravens, Bills among 6 to crash NFL playoff party (SportingNews.com)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:19:38 PDT

After pondering the six teams that might not make it back to the playoffs in 2008 and six of the teams not good...

If Favre plays, it might not be in Green Bay (SportingNews.com)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:19:04 PDT

There's a very interesting potential twist to the latest round of Brett Favre reports and rumors.

Packers must get creative to land Jason Taylor (SportingNews.com)

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:18:35 PDT

Jason Taylor reportedly wants to be traded, but he screwed up by announcing that he would retire after this season. If the Packers are interested in the defensive end, then they'll have plenty of negotiating to do with the Dolphins.

Carolina denies Favre to Panthers talk (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35:12 PDT

If Brett Favre wants to un-retire from football and play for the Carolina Panthers , that's news to Panthers...

Packers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:35 PDT

Training camp can't come soon enough for the Packers.

What was headed toward a lull for most of July turned into pre-Fourth of July fireworks for the organization July 2, when news broke that retired quarterback Brett Favre apparently would like to play again this upcoming season.

An ESPN report indicated that Favre, 38, has an "itch" to come out of retirement and he expressed that to Packers head coach Mike McCarthy in recent weeks.

Scott Favre, brother of the NFL's only three-time MVP, further fueled the comeback speculation with comments made to WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee.

"I think it's 50-50," Scott said of Brett's playing in 2008. "There's no doubt he can play.

Dolphins need to stay clear of Brett Favre (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:03:47 PDT

This was coming from the moment Brett Favre said he was done and wished he wasn't.He wasn't going to get away...

Favre calls report of comeback 'all rumor' (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:13:31 PDT

Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he's considering coming out of retirement. The quarterback responded...

Report: Favre calls possible return a 'rumor' (PA SportsTicker)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:43:41 PDT

Brett Favre again could be having second thoughts about retirement. But if that is the case, he won't let on.

Favre considers return to NFL or does he? (AP)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:57 PDT

Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he's considering coming out of retirement as "all rumor." Favre responded Wednesday to the ESPN report by telling his hometown newspaper Web site, SunHerald.com in Gulfport, Miss., that "it's all rumor." The paper reported that Favre sent a text message saying there's "no reason" for a media frenzy.

Favre serioiusly considering a comeback (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:41:14 PDT

Brett Favre is considering coming out of retirement, according to an ESPN report. ESPN's Chris Mortensen said...

Sources: Davis second-guessing offseason moves (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:38:00 PDT

The Raiders' losing ways and questionable player contracts supposedly have Al Davis seeking help.

2 charged in burglary of Packers RB's home (AP)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:34 PDT

Two Green Bay men face charges of burglarizing the home of Packers running back Noah Herron, who hit one of them over the head with a bedpost when the man came in his bedroom. Yeshua Tate, 31, was charged with two counts of being party to burglary on Friday after he was released from a Madison hospital.

Packers believe Rodgers can get the job done (Yahoo! Sports)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:28:55 PDT

Joe Philbin scans the "needs improvement" checklist for his Green Bay Packers Packers offense and...

Packers turn $21.4 M profit, but concerns linger (AP)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:24:30 PDT

After a 13-3 regular season, two home playoff games and a final bow from Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers figured to have a pretty good year from a financial perspective. And they did -- but it wasn't the moneymaking blockbuster some might have expected, a development that reinforced Packers executives' long-term concerns about the financial health of the NFL.

Deal with ESPN could help NFL resolve its cable battle (Yahoo! Sports)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:48:10 PDT

Is the NFL ready to hand off a controversial package of eight late-season games to ESPN? The league and network...

Culpepper turned down $1 million to be No.2 in Green Bay (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:35:44 PDT

It appears the Green Bay Packers have told rookie Brian Brohm the back-up job is his to lose as news surfaced...

Due diligence (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:26:00 PDT

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is seeking advice from other quarterbacks who followed NFL greats.

Packers' 'KGB' says he'll be ready for camp (AP)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:18:10 PDT

Green Bay Packers defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila hasn't had much experience with surgery, and it's probably just as well. There was that time in high school, when he had his wisdom teeth removed under partial anesthesia. "I wasn't completely out," Gbaja-Biamila said. "I was just somewhat out. I remember I urinated on myself." Beg your pardon?

Grant present at Green Bay camp, but doesn't practice (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:44:45 PDT

It isn't exactly a contract holdout, but Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant sat out Tuesday morning's...

Packers RB Grant sits out minicamp (AP)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:51:06 PDT

It isn't exactly a contract holdout, but Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant sat out Tuesday morning's mandatory minicamp practice as he and the team continue to work on a new deal. Grant, a relative unknown who was traded to Green Bay just before the start of last season and went on to have a breakout year, hopes to prod the Packers into giving him a long-term contract.

Will NFL still be fun without Favre, Strahan and Sapp? (AP)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:01:29 PDT

Imagine sitting at the head table for dinner the night before the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2013. Brett Favre cackles through six days' worth of pure gray stubble, and Michael Strahan flashes that gap-toothed grin after someone brings up that infamous phantom sack -- that someone most likely being Warren Sapp, laughing with delight through all five courses.

Packers stick with TE Humphrey through injury (AP)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:10:09 PDT

Packers tight end Tory Humphrey had a hard time recovering from a broken leg on the first day of training camp last year. It was his second major injury in less than a year, and one that might have cost him a chance to start. However, after nearly trading in his football pads for a pair of brown shorts after the Packers cut him three years ago, Humphrey has learned a thing or two about...